#EDD55A#EDD55A

#EDD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.143 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD55A
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -5.80, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 62.38, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0206 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.143 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5673, 66.3339, 19.2843)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD55A #5A72ED

analogous

#ED8C5A #EDD55A #BCED5A

triadic

#EDD55A #5AEDD5 #D55AED

tetradic

#EDD55A #5AED8C #5A72ED #ED5ABC

square

#EDD55A #5AED8C #5A72ED #ED5ABC

split-complementary

#EDD55A #5ABCED #8C5AED

monochromatic

#B89E14 #E7C723 #EDD55A #F3E391 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#EDD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD55A

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD55A	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.143 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e18d',
    500: '#edd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd55a;
$custom-light: #f6e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87017,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD55A

secondary

#3349B8

accent

#2BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD55A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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